Sale reports / Utah / Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT / 2021-12-14

Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Salina, Utah · Tue, Dec 14
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2037
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,020 head
▼ 188 vs last sale 1,208▲ 379 vs year ago 641 · +59.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
305 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 381▲ 56 vs year ago 249 · +22.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers across all weight classes and feeder heifers over 500 lbs sold firm, while heifers under 500 lbs sold weak. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls traded firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.15/cwt on 532 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −76.35 against this barn's trailing median of $232.50.
Average price
$156.15
532 head · 637 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.63
vs UT average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1652159.101,037361
Medium and Large 1-2605149.93907171
One grade step is worth $9.16/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale532 hd
156.15
—
UT average2 barns · 744 hd
155.52
+0.63
This barn, trailing median1 sales
232.50
−76.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,61086.731,39616
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58859.3294232
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20857.04689131
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06547.72508117

Every lot

54 lots · USDA AMS · Producers Livestock Auction - Salina, UT
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265169.18/cwt167.50–170.004483
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319168.36/cwt160.00–174.005376
Steers—Medium and Large 1324180.80/cwt175.00–184.005863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383169.87/cwt162.00–174.006517
Steers—Medium and Large 1417187.68/cwt179.00–195.0078314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2417169.24/cwt165.00–172.507063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481159.21/cwt152.00–167.5076614
Steers—Medium and Large 1512176.37/cwt169.00–180.0090327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524153.40/cwt144.50–165.0080410
Steers—Medium and Large 1579164.49/cwt160.00–169.0095251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594156.95/cwt145.00–158.0093235
Steers—Medium and Large 1632157.16/cwt155.75–160.0099337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635151.15/cwt140.00–154.0096044
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676143.55/cwt134.00–148.0097015
Steers—Medium and Large 1678154.83/cwt151.00–156.501,05097
Steers—Medium and Large 1710155.64/cwt143.00–156.751,10591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716134.00/cwt134.00–134.0095915
Steers—Medium and Large 1763149.27/cwt141.50–151.001,13938
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780121.93/cwt119.50–133.0095111
Steers—Medium and Large 1820148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820129.24/cwt126.00–134.001,0605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860122.15/cwt120.00–126.501,0503
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2274159.93/cwt152.50–167.504384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329168.24/cwt165.00–172.505549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338154.59/cwt151.00–164.005236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362160.93/cwt160.00–162.505838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382150.64/cwt147.50–158.0057512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423148.02/cwt144.00–154.0062615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428158.35/cwt155.00–162.5067825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472149.57/cwt147.00–152.0070625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475141.15/cwt137.50–145.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529141.08/cwt137.00–143.0074613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530151.02/cwt141.00–155.0080072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574136.80/cwt135.00–143.0078510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580144.72/cwt140.00–151.5083957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618135.31/cwt127.50–139.508368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629145.31/cwt140.00–147.75914121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669142.26/cwt137.00–146.0095241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683128.83/cwt124.50–133.008802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727137.57/cwt135.00–140.501,00013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730128.35/cwt125.50–134.009373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769133.75/cwt132.50–135.501,0294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780122.34/cwt120.00–125.009543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813134.25/cwt134.00–134.501,0914
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33574.91/cwt72.00–77.501,0003
Bulls——1,61688.45/cwt83.00–91.251,42911
Bulls——1,98894.99/cwt94.50–95.501,8882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01942.84/cwt40.50–45.0043729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03332.41/cwt30.00–36.003354
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08250.14/cwt45.50–53.5054384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13661.96/cwt59.00–65.0070431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21656.26/cwt53.50–58.5068489
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35249.43/cwt44.00–53.0066811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58859.32/cwt56.50–62.2594232

This sale against other markets

Utah weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Utah auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.